Patents by Inventor Kazuo Matoba
Kazuo Matoba has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20150070722Abstract: An image forming apparatus which can prohibit any users but a user who has made a deposit from operating the image forming apparatus for a chargeable process. A communication controller of the image forming apparatus obtains pieces of proper information of cell-phones. An ID management section issues IDs for the respective pieces of proper information, and the communication controller sends the IDs to the corresponding cell-phones. At an input section, a user of one of the cell-phones inputs the ID sent thereto. Thereafter, the communication controller receives an access from a cell-phone and receives proper information of the cell-phone. In this moment, it is judged whether the cell-phone which has made an access is identical with the cell-phone of which ID was inputted at the input section. Only when the communication controller identifies the cell-phone, the communication controller permits the image forming apparatus to communicate with the cell-phone.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Kazuo MATOBA
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Patent number: 8917409Abstract: An image forming apparatus which can prohibit any users but a user who has made a deposit from operating the image forming apparatus for a chargeable process. A communication controller of the image forming apparatus obtains pieces of proper information of cell-phones. An ID management section issues IDs for the respective pieces of proper information, and the communication controller sends the IDs to the corresponding cell-phones. At an input section, a user of one of the cell-phones inputs the ID sent thereto. Thereafter, the communication controller receives an access from a cell-phone and receives proper information of the cell-phone. In this moment, it is judged whether the cell-phone which has made an access is identical with the cell-phone of which ID was inputted at the input section. Only when the communication controller identifies the cell-phone, the communication controller permits the image forming apparatus to communicate with the cell-phone.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2007Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Kazuo Matoba
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Patent number: 8654633Abstract: A data communication apparatus, comprising: a first control unit for controlling a client trying to access in order to establish a session by a call control protocol, for data communication by a data communication protocol that is other than said call control protocol; an IP address acquiring unit for acquiring an IP address of said client from the data of said call control protocol; and a second control unit for rejecting data communication from a client, which IP address is other than said acquired IP address, while and after said session is established.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2006Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, IncInventor: Kazuo Matoba
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Patent number: 8379234Abstract: A document data processing apparatus comprising: an obtaining portion for obtaining transmitted document data; a giving portion for giving the obtained document data multiple pieces of recommended information to recommend an operation when outputting; and a transmitting portion for transmitting document data to a destination, the document data carrying multiple pieces of given recommended information.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2007Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Takanobu Kuge, Kazuo Matoba, Hirokazu Yamada, Atsushi Ohshima
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Publication number: 20120206768Abstract: To provide a system in which image data created in an image processor is processed in association with an application activated on a user terminal. The system includes an image processor, and a user terminal connected with the image processor over a network. The image processor includes: an activated application identifying unit for obtaining information about an application activated on the user terminal; a one-touch key generating unit for generating a one-touch key including information for processing image data by the application activated on the user terminal; and a transmission unit for transmitting the image data to the user terminal. The user terminal includes: a receiving unit for receiving the image data from the image processor; and a one-touch key processing unit for processing the image data by the application activated on the user terminal, based on the information of the one-touch key.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tomo TSUBOI, Kazuo Matoba
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Patent number: 8184312Abstract: When a log-in is accepted at an image processing apparatus (for example, an MFP), a user terminal logged-in with the same log-in information is searched for, and information related to applications being active on that terminal is obtained. An interaction processing key indicative of an application related to a basic function selected as a function to be used is displayed out of the applications. When the user selects the interaction processing key to execute the desired processing, the MFP requests a job to the user terminal to execute the processing interactively with the corresponding application.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2005Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tomo Tsuboi, Kazuo Matoba
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Patent number: 8098389Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: a test data generator that generates test data instead of actual data entered for executing a workflow consisting of a plurality of unit works, if an instruction is given to test the workflow; a test process executor that executes a test process by processing the generated test data according to parameters for executing the unit works; a test process suspender that suspends the test process if a trouble happens during the test process; a notifier that notifies a user of a trouble if it happens during the test process; a parameter modifier that is capable of modifying the parameters if the test process is suspended due to the trouble; and a test process resuming portion that resumes the test process after the parameters are modified.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kazuo Matoba, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Tomo Tsuboi, Yoshinori Sugahara, Satoshi Deishi, Kagumi Moriwaki
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Patent number: 8035858Abstract: For image processing, user's setting of an item is received, and the item set by the user is recorded with information on situation of the setting of the item as setting log data. A parameter on reuse value is calculated based on one or more setting log data in the recorded setting log data, and operation information including the one or more setting log information is stored related with the parameter. When it is decided that the parameter satisfies a reference value, and the one or more setting log data having the parameter is presented.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2005Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Kazuo Matoba
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Patent number: 7948646Abstract: In an information processing apparatus, a job log recording unit generates a job log that is a history of operations and settings based on user's operation. An operation/setting sequence extraction unit extracts a sequence by extracting job logs constituting a series of operations and/or settings. Of extracted sequences, a sequence for which an operation/setting sequence frequency/resemblance detection unit detects that the sequence has a predetermined frequency or a predetermined degree of resemblance, namely a sequence of operation repeatedly performed, is presented to the user by an operation/setting sequence presentation/registration unit for registration of the sequence by user's operation. Subsequently, in the information processing apparatus, a registered sequence is selected for automatically performing a series of operations and/or settings.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2005Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Kazuo Matoba
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Publication number: 20090083373Abstract: An image forming device 1 is provided with: a setting information storage portion 1K1 that stores root processing setting information DTR indicating a method by which each piece of RSS data is to be used after being obtained; a download processing portion 102 that downloads RSS data from a server; and a post-processing portion 107 that executes post-processing, which is processing for using the downloaded RSS data, based on the root processing setting information DTR of that RSS data, stored in the setting information storage portion 1K1.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2008Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kazuo MATOBA, Yasuji Takeuchi, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Tomo Tsuboi, Yoshinori Sugahara, Satoshi Deishi, Kagumi Moriwaki
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Publication number: 20090013071Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided which enable a user using a plurality of terminals to obtain information in a convenient manner compared to conventional systems. An image forming apparatus includes a notification setting database 1K1 that stores, for each piece of RSS data designated by a user, individual notification setting data 8 indicating an attribute relating to a destination and a notification method designated by the user, an RSS data obtaining portion 105 that downloads and obtains the piece of the RSS data designated by the user from a Web server, and a notification control portion 106 that performs, every time when the piece of the RSS data designated by the user is obtained, a process for notifying a destination indicated in the individual notification setting data 8 of the piece of the RSS data by a notification method indicated therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2008Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kazuo Matoba, Yasuji Takeuchi, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Tomo Tsuboi, Yoshinori Sugahara, Satoshi Deishi, Kagumi Moriwaki
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Publication number: 20080266578Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: a test data generator that generates test data instead of actual data entered for executing a workflow consisting of a plurality of unit works, if an instruction is given to test the workflow; a test process executor that executes a test process by processing the generated test data according to parameters for executing the unit works; a test process suspender that suspends the test process if a trouble happens during the test process; a notifier that notifies a user of a trouble if it happens during the test process; a parameter modifier that is capable of modifying the parameters if the test process is suspended due to the trouble; and a test process resuming portion that resumes the test process after the parameters are modified.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kazuo MATOBA, Tomoyuki Okamoto, Tomo Tsuboi, Yoshinori Sugahara, Satoshi Deishi, Kagumi Moriwaki
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Publication number: 20080239372Abstract: An image forming apparatus and a server apparatus controlling the image forming apparatus are interconnected via a network. The image forming apparatus comprises: an executor that executes at least one from the image reading function, the copy function and the print function; an operation portion; and a communicator that exchanges information with the server apparatus. The server apparatus comprises: a communicator that exchanges information with the image forming apparatus; and a virtual image forming apparatus that is set up by software, as a controller portion dominantly controlling the entire image forming apparatus including the executor. In the virtual image forming apparatus on the server apparatus controls the image forming apparatus by commands, and thereby the image forming apparatus performs operations as if acting on a voluntary basis, in response to an instruction given by a user via an operation portion of the image forming apparatus itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Tomoyuki OKAMOTO, Kazuo MATOBA, Tomo TSUBOI, Yoshinori SUGAHARA, Satoshi DEISHI, Kagumi MORIWAKI
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Publication number: 20080212121Abstract: A document data processing apparatus comprising: an obtaining portion for obtaining transmitted document data; a giving portion for giving the obtained document data multiple pieces of recommended information to recommend an operation when outputting; and a transmitting portion for transmitting document data to a destination, the document data carrying multiple pieces of given recommended information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2007Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Takanobu Kuge, Kazuo Matoba, Hirokazu Yamada, Atsushi Ohshima
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Publication number: 20080137138Abstract: An image forming apparatus which can prohibit any users but a user who has made a deposit from operating the image forming apparatus for a chargeable process. A communication controller of the image forming apparatus obtains pieces of proper information of cell-phones. An ID management section issues IDs for the respective pieces of proper information, and the communication controller sends the IDs to the corresponding cell-phones. At an input section, a user of one of the cell-phones inputs the ID sent thereto. Thereafter, the communication controller receives an access from a cell-phone and receives proper information of the cell-phone. In this moment, it is judged whether the cell-phone which has made an access is identical with the cell-phone of which ID was inputted at the input section. Only when the communication controller identifies the cell-phone, the communication controller permits the image forming apparatus to communicate with the cell-phone.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2007Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Kazuo Matoba
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Publication number: 20080140769Abstract: There is provided a document management device and a program capable of easily informing related information held by a user to another user. A log-in user and a destination user at the time of transmission are stored in a related user information storing unit in association with the file to be transmitted as the related user of the file to be transmitted. When any one of replies from the destination user includes a related file together with the identification information of the transmitted file, an e-mail creating/analyzing unit extracts the related file to store the same in a file storing unit, and when a new related file is stored, the related user other than the user who has transmitted the related file is informed of the storage of the new related file.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2007Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Kazuo Matoba
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Publication number: 20070279681Abstract: A document data processing apparatus, comprising: an attribute information acquirer that acquires attribute information of sender or recipient; a recommended information giver that gives recommended information to recommend an output operation to document data to be transmitted, based on said acquired attribute information; and a transmitter that transmits said document data carrying the given recommended information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2007Publication date: December 6, 2007Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Kazuo Matoba
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Publication number: 20070171821Abstract: A data communication apparatus, comprising: a first control unit for controlling a client trying to access in order to establish a session by a call control protocol, for data communication by a data communication protocol that is other than said call control protocol; an IP address acquiring unit for acquiring an IP address of said client from the data of said call control protocol; and a second control unit for rejecting data communication from a client, which IP address is other than said acquired IP address, while and after said session is established.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2006Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Kazuo Matoba
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Publication number: 20070168387Abstract: For image processing, user's setting of an item is received, and the item set by the user is recorded with information on situation of the setting of the item as setting log data. A parameter on reuse value is calculated based on one or more setting log data in the recorded setting log data, and operation information including the one or more setting log information is stored related with the parameter. When it is decided that the parameter satisfies a reference value, and the one or more setting log data having the parameter is presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2005Publication date: July 19, 2007Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Kazuo Matoba
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Patent number: 7203832Abstract: This network system includes a first device serving as a shared resource connected to a network, a second device connected to the network and including an object corresponding to the first device, and a third device for dynamically allocating first and second IP addresses of a plurality of available IP addresses to the first and second devices. The object has a static IP address, and the second device associates the first IP address allocated to the first device with the IP address of the object.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2003Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuhiro Onoda, Kazuo Matoba